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[https://youtu.be/Si58ZDWdniU Informing James Madison University About Areas of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Across Campus]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQchRx6HDM Promoting Innovation & Entrepreneurial Opportunities at James Madison University ]

We recognize that the institutions and resources for innovation and entrepreneurship already exist at James Madison University and that we must strive to increase the utilization of these facilities. In addition, we will work to improve and update areas of the university that may not receive as much attention as some.

*Description: Incentivize students to participate in a survey to learn more about Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs available on campus with free food. 

**Showker Hall is where most of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs are since it is the business school, but since there is construction currently in that area, it could get a little hectic trying to find these I&E resources. Setting up a survey station there would also be beneficial in that aspect. 

*Description: A new, interdisciplinary, course hosted by XLabs that focuses on teaching students successful business practices, agile team management, human-centered design, and much more. The class would ask for students to form into teams and progress through the design of a project by hitting bi-weekly deadlines and then giving a final pitch to a panel of judges that would then decide on whether or not they want to financially support the teams’ project/business.

*Description: Liberal arts majors, like history, writing, english, etc. have been largely left behind by the advances in higher education. 

**Propose solutions: with these insights and data in mind, create a concise and clear plan and propose to one of the academic deans or a similarly influential figure in one of the liberal arts departments. 

*Description: An organization and summit dedicated to creating connections between various organizations on campus with interests in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 

**Additionally, an annual Innovation Summit would be held for faculty and students to discuss how to implement I&E in higher education as well as the opportunities present on campus. Events could include presentations, landscape canvases, inter-group projects, and more.

*Description: An organization dedicated to assisting students with unique, innovative ideas in the process of getting their creations patented, trademarked, or etc., as well as providing funding for this costly, time-consuming process.

**This program would be open to any student with a passion for creating but would work closely with STEM majors who sometimes require specialized creations to be made for their Jr/Sr Capstone project.

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*Description: Install fun to use tablets in areas on campus where foot traffic is heavy.

**Maker Spaces

*Description: Make information more available on student websites in a more accessible fashion.

**Canvas

*Description: Provide an easy to read flowchart of innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities on print outs to distribute to students.

**Have University Innovation Fellows and or University Faculty distribute print outs to interested students.

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*Description: Hold seminars open to all students walking through the different opportunities found in the Landscape Canvas.

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Bring international students to James Madison University for a 2-week summer program focused heavily on innovation and entrepreneurship.

*Description: Provide courses in various fields of study to encourage a wider audience of students.

***Rapid Prototyping

*Description: Introduce students to campus and University life in the United States.

**Speaking with Professors

*Description: Provide students with the opportunity to make connections through a hackathon that would take place during the summer school program.

*<span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Description: 24-hour programming competition. Every level of programming experience you have, you are welcome to attend this competition. There will be various programming workshops taught during the competition to sharpen your skills. Companies will sponsor the event for prize money and recruiting opportunities. Judges will consist of CS, CIS, Engineering or any related discipline professors.</span>

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Expand X-Labs space within Lakeview Hall and throughout campus to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.

*Description: Transforming the current offices in Lakeview Hall into an expanded collaborative work and maker space.

**Remove non-innovative spaces in Lakeview Hall to provide more room for innovation and space for more technologies.

Create a new cluster of required classes for JMU students that will enhance the innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus.

*Description: The entrepreneurial mindset is an important tool for all incoming and existing students as a form of engaged learning.

*Description: Convert or improve current lab spaces around campus into X-Labs affiliated maker spaces.

**Further, establish X-Labs as an asset to the JMU ecosystem.

Create Collisions amongst entrepreneurially minded students and the general population amongst all disciplines, in order to organically spread innovation, collaboration, creativity, and entrepreneurship.

*Description:&nbsp;Cultivate talent in theme-based hack-a-thon style events that correlate to the various colleges of academics, but appeal to the general population. We would want to create a brand that does not alienate or intimidate students that don’t necessarily think of this as “their” thing.

**Approaching these events with hopes of there being multi-disciplinary teams does not expedite the view that these are hack-a-thons or "techie" events. &nbsp;This merely generates exploratory and problem-solving experiences for any given area of study.

*Description:&nbsp;Launch a heavily marketed website that establishes a network for students looking to collaborate and pursue a business or product idea. This JMU affiliated website would help spread awareness of funding opportunities, resources available on campus, upcoming I&E events, and clubs/groups.

**Daniel Phonelath will spearhead this project.

*'''Course Description''': A 100 level course that will bring freshmen across a variety of majors together to help with the transition from high school to college. This course will utilize group discussions and short-term projects with teams made of diverse disciplines to foster collaborative and teamworking skills growth.&nbsp;

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Establish an entity on campus where any student with a creative idea can get the resources needed to become the entrepreneur they want to be, and test, launch, and grow their business.

*Description: Test, iterate, and scale MadX Labs, JMU’s first seed-stage startup accelerator. &nbsp;&nbsp;

***Planned Event Time - September 10-14

Provide opportunities for incoming students and underclassmen to become introduced to innovation and entrepreneurship as well as recognize their potential to become entrepreneurs at an early point in their collegiate careers. This strategy will revolve around creating and marketing well-known opportunities and physical spaces for students to express their innovative minds as well as stimulate team collaboration.&nbsp;

*Description:&nbsp;Continue the spread of several “test courses” that can provide the administration with an example of how a pattern of entrepreneurial and innovative courses in the General Education Program can lead to escalating forms of venture creation.

***Work on continuing Pop-Up classes outreach and schedule more Pop-Up classes for the Fall semester.

*Description: Continue a four to five-week ideation and entrepreneurship summer program for incoming freshmen and rising sophomores. This apply-for and optional course would not only fuel the entrepreneur mindset for these underclassmen early in their college career but it would also help mix students and provide infrastructure for a network of collaborators. The program would be open to all majors.

*Timeline: 6-Week program led by the Center for Entrepreneurship at James Madison. This 'Accelerator' helps students start ventures and allow them to grow in the X-Labs space.

*Description: Create a medium-scale marketing campaign for the JMU X-Labs.&nbsp;

*Timeline: It can start immediately in February 2018. This could take place as a flash-marketing campaign or a long term strategy.

*Description:&nbsp;Develop, design, fundraise, and build a hub for student entrepreneurship and innovation that includes living space, maker spaces, open workspace, etc.

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<div><span style="font-size: small;">Provide opportunities for students to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation with the greater local and regional community.</span></div>

*Description: The regional meet-up will bring UIF students from campuses within a 5-hour driving distance to James Madison University campus. Through various workshops, students will understand JMU’s campus and share their own experiences from their respective campuses. Current James Madison University UIF members will create a collaborative environment for students to share ideas with each other.&nbsp;

*Description: The goal is to connect corporate environments with higher education. We will approach this by connecting with well-known and widely respected corporate entities such as Google in order to organize "high-demand/interest" events and talks out of our ICE resources. All events should be informational, interactive and the hope is to connect students with corporate resources as they progress through their course-load and approach graduation.

Provide students with the opportunity to gain global competencies throughout a semester-long course

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Madison_University_Innovative_Spaces James Madison University Innovation Spaces]

[[Chris Ashley|Chris Ashley]]